Interview · Irish Independent · September 2026
Starting later with money
Karena joins Katie Byrne on Money Talks to discuss getting started, emergency funds and the decisions people put off.
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Karena Duane Irish pensions and financial wellbeing expert.
Clear, Ireland-specific commentary on women’s financial lives and the decisions that come with changes in work, family and retirement.
Published work
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Conference speaking · IOB · June 2025
Wealth Management Conference
Karena’s speaker profile and session recording are listed on IOB’s event page. The recording may require an IOB login.
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Women in Finance Awards
Karena is listed as a judge, with her role as founder of Money, Just For Her and her financial services background.
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The Female Finance Factor
Karena’s writing on women’s financial lives and the working patterns behind the gender wealth gap.
Read on LinkedIn ↗Karena’s broadcast experience also includes Newstalk. For a particular recording, broadcast date or an interview request, contact Karena.
Commentary & conversations
Subjects grounded in real life.
- Women’s financial lives and the pension gap
- Career breaks, caring and returning to work
- Workplace pensions and employee benefits
- Redundancy and major life transitions
- Financial behaviour and avoidance
- Retirement and later-life decisions
- Consumer financial education in Ireland
Available for interviews, workplace talks, conferences and panel conversations. Financial education and commentary; no individual product recommendations.
For producers, editors & event teams
A clear introduction.
Short biography
Karena Duane is the founder of Money, Just For Her, an Irish financial coaching and education business. A CFP®, QFA and MBA with more than 25 years in financial services, she focuses on women’s financial lives, pensions and the decisions that come with changes in work, family and retirement.
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Karena Duane, founder of Money, Just For Her; financial educator and pensions specialist.
Qualifications: CFP® · QFA · MBA.
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Karena Duane is the founder of Money, Just For Her, providing independent financial coaching and education for women in Ireland and financial wellbeing programmes for workplaces. Her work centres on the financial decisions that come with career breaks, caring, redundancy, returning to work and retirement.
A Certified Financial Planner (CFP®), Qualified Financial Adviser (QFA) and MBA graduate of Trinity College Dublin, Karena brings more than 25 years of experience in Irish financial services. She is a QFA pensions educator at IOB and a member of the Pensions Authority Technical Expert Panel.
Karena has contributed to the Irish Independent’s Money Talks and Newstalk, spoken at IOB’s Wealth Management Conference, and is listed on the Women in Finance Awards 2027 judging panel. She translates technical subjects into practical conversations about working lives, pensions, workplace benefits and financial behaviour.
Money, Just For Her provides education and coaching. It sells no financial products, earns no commission or referral fees and does not provide regulated investment advice or product recommendations.
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Media photograph
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